POSTULATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

Synonyms:

petition; postulation; request

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("postulation" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postulation"):

application (a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school)

demand (an urgent or peremptory request)

Meaning:

(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

Synonyms:

postulation; predication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("postulation" is a kind of...):

declaration (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Derivation:

postulate (take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom)